Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

Among its natural assets, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County is particularly known for its medicinal thermal waters. Also belonging to this county are the southeastern section of the Lake Tisza, a popular holiday spot and the western area of the Hortobágy National Park, parts of which are World Heritage Sites.

The county lies at the heart of the Great Plain (Alföld), around the rivers Tisza, Triple Körös (Hármas-Körös) and Zagyva. Its landscape is the archetypal plain.

It embraces an area of 5582 square kilometres and has over 411,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom live in the county's sixteen towns.

The country seat is Szolnok, and the other towns are: Abádszalók, Jászapáti, Jászárokszállás, Jászberény, Jászfényszaru, Karcag, Kenderes, Kisújszállás, Kunhegyes, Kunszentmárton, Martfű, Mezőtúr, Tiszaföldvár, Tiszafüred, Törökszentmiklós, Túrkeve, and Újszász.

Route 4 and the Budapest-Szolnok-Debrecen railway line run along the county's axis. The county has five airfields (two in Szolnok, one in Kenderes, Kunmadaras and Pusztataksony).

Szolnok is the region's economic, transport, trade, education and tourist hub. It is a busy river crossing and has the busiest port on the River Tisza. Its Museum of Aviation (Repülőmúzeum) is unique in Central Europe.

The county's outstanding tourist centres lie along the shore of Lake Tisza: Tiszafüred, Abádszalók and Berekfürdő. Besides these, are Cserkeszőlő tucked away in the Tiszazug (Tisza nook), Jászberény in the Jászság and Mezőtúr and Túrkeve which are renowned for their crafts people.

There is a wide range of accommodation for tourists to choose from ranging from larger hotels to Bed&Breakfast or village dwellings.